Just two games apart in their records so far this season, the Norfolk Tides and Worcester Red Sox begin a six-game series on Tuesday.
The Norfolk Tides and Worcester Red Sox begin a six-game series on Tuesday at Polar Park with nearly identical records. The Worcester Red Sox (22-23) come into Tuesday’s series on a high after a six-game series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. The WooSox became the first team to win a series against the RailRiders so far this season.
On Sunday afternoon, they split a doubleheader with a 6-3 loss in game one and a 3-1 win in game two at Polar Park. After going down 1-0 in game two on a third inning home run from Carlos Narvaez, the WooSox came back for the third time in four games against SWB.
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Nathan Hickey stepped up in the fourth inning and delivered his first home run in the month of May, a game-tying solo shot. Hickey, who hit 19 home runs across two levels in 2023, now has four at Triple-A in 2024.
Lucas Luetge earned his third save with scoreless seventh, lowering his season ERA to 3.00 with his 11th scoreless outing in his last 13 appearances.
The Norfolk Tides (23-22) defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (16-26), 5-3, in 12 innings on Sunday at Harbor Park. In what was a pitcher’s duel through the 10th inning, a thrilling back-and-forth matchup in extras ended up going in the Tides favor on a walk-off grand slam by Heston Kjerstad.
It was his 12th home run of the season, good for third-most in the International League and his second grand slam of the season (April 3 at Charlotte). It was also good for the second walk-off win for the Tides this season.
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